Manan Gupta, Publisher of ‘Road Today’ seeks Ward 7 & 8 City Councillor seat in Brampton

Longtime Brampton resident, community activist, Editor/Publisher of ‘Road Today’, Manan Gupta has filed nomination papers to represent Ward 7 & 8 at the Brampton Council. Accompanied by over 100 well-wishers, colleagues and community leaders, Manan submitted his papers to the City Clerk’s office on January 13th.

Although a busy small business owner, Manan makes time and contributes to community safety and well-being each and every day. He gets involved in safety committees; promote safety in his award winning publications, radio/TV programs, and volunteers for numerous community initiatives, safety campaigns and events.

In addition to chairing the Brampton Road Safety Committee, Manan is the Immediate Past President for Brampton Safe City Association and a member of Road Connections Safety Group, Safety Drives Us and Traffic Safety Coalition.

Manan is also an active member of the Brampton Board of Trade for over 10 years and has chaired its Multicultural Committee (now known as Diversity & Inclusion Committee) in the past. Some of the organizations he has volunteered for include Seva Food Bank and St. John Ambulance for the Operation Red Nose to reduce impaired driving.

Manan has received numerous awards in the recent past including Ministry of Transportation Media Excellence Award, CN Railways All Aboard for Safety Award, Peel Police Best Ethnic News Award and Volunteer of the Year Award from Brampton Safe City to name a few.

His campaign for the municipal election will focus on issues such as high property taxes, creation of local jobs, better recreation facilities, managing growth, reducing traffic gridlock, better accountability, and transparency while raising the profile of Brampton to attract business investment nationally and internationally.

Manan looks forward to share his ideas and invites residents to open the channels of communication towards effective solutions. He is committed to work hard and intelligently towards earning the trust of residents and voters on October 27th.

For more information and campaign details, please visit www.manangupta.ca